Nature's Microworlds | |
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Also known as | Hidden Habitats |
Genre | Nature documentary |
Narrated by | Steve Backshall |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
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Producer | Doug Mackay-Hope |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | BBC Natural History Unit |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Four |
Release | 16 July 2012 27 March 2013 | –
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Nature's Microworlds is a 2012 British nature documentary series. Produced by the BBC, the series is narrated by Steve Backshall and produced by Doug Mackay-Hope.[1] There are thirteen thirty-minute episodes in the series, which was first broadcast on BBC Four.[1] Each episode focuses on its eponymous region, exploring the wildlife of the microclimate found there:[2] The featured ecosystems include the archipelago of volcanic islands known as the Galapagos, the grasslands of the Serengeti in Africa, the Amazon rainforest covering most of South America, the kelp forest located in California's Monterey Bay, the Okavango Delta where the Okavango River empties into a wetland surrounded by the Kalahari Desert, and the Arctic wilderness of the Svalbard archipelago.[1]